books.google.co.uk - Driven by an almost fanatical desire for whatever is new, "modern," and likely to make money, Houston is constantly in the process of remaking itself. Few structures remain from the nineteenth century, and even much of the twentieth-century built environment has fallen before the wrecking ball of "progress."...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Houston_Lost_and_Unbuilt.html?id=UfjlqsiC-4cC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareHouston Lost and Unbuilt